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    Voltex

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    This is one of the greatest forum games to exist

    take an RPG

    remove all semblance of story, major characterization, and peace

    increase people's power level to ridiculous

    tell them to duke it out.

    See ex. 4. (yes this is still in 'Content I Follow i'm a sad person okay?)

    And then change it to be even better

    and that's what this will be

    i'm just gonna pace my room for the next week

    or invent time travel

    Very excite

    Zakaro

    Black Six

    Posted

    Like Bulik said, and adding onto Canis here, the ranking system is a relic of the ages when things were so busy in the Lego RPGs, when they were just apart of Lego Discussion, that they wanted to keep newer players from gaining power instantly and integrating into the game. Honestly and truely, it's a bygone aspect that we really don't need and would need to go if we're to make the Lego RPGs more like the BioRPGs in order to attract more people.

    What could be interesting is a poll on what Lego RPGs people would like to see, much like one that someone ran this summer, just perhaps by the Staff and/or put on the front page or somewhere where more people than those who are looking for it would see it. Heck, it's even a possibility to put it in the Bio RPG forum just to gain that crowds attention.

    Lastly, I do apologize to the GMs of the Exo-Force RPG in forgetting that it is a multitude of you guys working on it. :)

    Zakaro

    Black Six

    Posted

     

    The simple fact of BZP staff running this new RPG may draw more players than one may think.

     

    That's an interesting thought. I'd love to hear more on that - is it just the simple "appeal" of the hosts? Does having staff run the game add something more that a non-staff host can't bring?

    Yes, it honestly may be. The host can make or break a game, and if it's run by the staff that almost lets people know that 'Hey, we want you to join this, we won't let it die and all.' It doesn't even need to be the staff, just perhaps a prominent member that could bring in a few new players that would hopefully spread throughout the subforum.

    The best example I have of this is, once more, the Exo-Force RPG and the BZPRPG. The Exo-Force RPG, being run by a Bio RPG regular, brought many members over to Lego RPG just for that one. Could it be that Exo-Force is just a theme they especially like? Sure, but what confuses me is the both proof and contradiction of Castles in the Air. It was run by a prominent RPGer who's run many others in the Bio RPG side, and yet it didn't take off like Exo-Force. Could it be advertisement, how Exo-Force's word was spread through PM-idle talk vs. only a vague sig? Perhaps, but it still surprises me that Castles failed, because a, it was run by an older RPGer, b, it was medievally based, which I don't see as being that much of a reason to turn away, and c, it seemed to be going nicely; right up until the 'new' factor seemed to go away.

    Perhaps that's it. The BZPRPG is so large, and has been around for so long, it's a habit for the usual crowd. The Lego RPGs, and even the Bio RPG contest RPGs, seem to only be effective while they're new and exciting, as things cool down people begin to drop away, back to the usual, constant, BZPRPG.

    It's a steady problem. If you have, say, 10 players, a decent amount, and 3 are interacting, if one leaves or forgets about the RPG, the other two might either move on, or just as likely wait forever for a reply that never comes, and then the RPG falls out of their immediate attention and falls behind on player count.

    ..I'm finding I have a lot more to say about this than I thought. :P

    Zakaro

    Black Six

    Posted

    As I've said other times, part of this is because much of the memberbase doesn't have much interest in general LEGO stuff, which is somewhat sad.

    However, also, another huge part of what I think is a problem is that many of the Bio RPG regular forum-goers don't spare a glance at Lego RPG, and to add to that, I also feel that quite a few Lego RPGs have been passed up on because they don't know the GM. Some of it is surely just from the themes selected, but even among those it seems strange sometimes. The Exo-Force RPG is doing fairly well, but I will say that it's run by one of the regular vets of the Bio RPG forum, and he has brought many of those people with him into that RPG. Sadly few have expanded from that, as is evident in the Ninjago RPG. All of the members that have been in that RPG are fairly new members, not the 5-6+ people that form the bedrock of the Bio RPG forum.

    What to do? I'm not entirely sure, because much of this seems like a problem that simply stems from how the Bio RPG and Lego RPG communities never really interacted with one another until the forum-upgrade, where they were slotted together. Even then the Lego RPG forum has been largely ignored by many Bio RPG members.

    One solution that I could think of would be perhaps a BZPLegoRPG largish game run by the staff much like the BZPRPG itself. The simple fact of BZP staff running this new RPG may draw more players than one may think.

    The Lego Movie almost looks as if it might have an ideal spread of Lego genres and story points to be a good universe to build off, but who knows for sure.

    Alright, done with the ramble. :P Just my thoughts on the matter.

    Zakaro

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